Al-Fath ibn Khaqan (al-Andalus)

Al-Fatḥ ibn Khāqān al-Ishbīlī al-Andalusī
Died11 November 1134
Cause of deathassassination
Other namesAl-Fatḥ ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Ubayd Allāh ibn Khāqān, Abū Naṣr al-Qaysī al-Ishbīlī
Academic work
EraAlmoravid era
Main interestsanthologist of poetry and history
Notable worksMaṭmaḥ al-anfus wa-masraḥ al-taʼannus fī mulaḥ ahl al-Andalus; Qalā'id al-'Iqyān

Abū Naṣr al-Fatḥ ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Khāqān ibn Abdallah al-Qaysī al-Ishbīlī[1] (أبو نصر الفتح بن محمد بن عبيد الله بن خاقان بن عبد الله القيسي الإشبيلي; died 11 November 1134), known as al-Fatḥ ibn Khāqān, was a 12th-century popular anthologist of al-Andalus.

  1. ^ "al-Qaysi" refers to the Banu Qays tribe; "al-Ishbili" means "from Seville"